Mets roll out the red carpet

The Mets stood by their word. Though Quinn’s actual prom isn’t until next weekend, when the Mets are out of town, the team made good by rolling out the red carpet before Friday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Quinn, who arrived wearing a Mets-blue ballgown, was greeted by several players. She even enjoyed a dance with reliever Jerry Blevins.

Noah Syndergaard, Michael Conforto and manager Mickey Callaway were among the others who welcomed Quinn to Citi Field.

More than 500,000 new friends

The Citi Field experience was beyond anything Quinn imagined when she first reached out to the team. But it’s the way that hundreds of thousands of people she didn’t know came together that really had an impact on her.

“When I started thinking about it, I was like, [500,000 retweets], that’s super high,” Quinn told Newsday. I don’t know about that. But then I got to like 300,000, that was when I was like, all right, I might make it. At 400,000, I knew I was done. I knew I would get there. The best part is all the people that I met through Twitter. This is a huge bonus, of course. This is the end goal. But I think all the connections that I made, all the friends I made through this, it was awesome.”

Hats off to the Mets for making this a truly special experience for Callie Quinn.

Pat yourselves on the back too, baseball fans. Your support and kindness has helped make this one of the coolest stories of the year in MLB.